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“I use my credit card for everything to rack up points”: How a 31-year-old realtor and interior design student spends her money

“I use my credit card for everything to rack up points”: How a 31-year-old realtor and interior design student spends her money

She flips houses on the side

What people are saying about Jordan Peterson's upcoming showdown with Slavoj Zizek

What people are saying about Jordan Peterson’s upcoming showdown with Slavoj Zizek

Two celebrity academics are going to duel on stage in Toronto

“We hid the children under clothes and bedding so ISIS wouldn’t take them”

“We hid the children under clothes and bedding so ISIS wouldn’t take them”

Bone-chilling stories of trauma, survival and hope from Toronto’s Yazidi families

Q&A: Hockey hero Hayley Wickenheiser on leading the Leafs to the promised land

Q&A: Hockey hero Hayley Wickenheiser on leading the Leafs to the promised land

She left pro hockey two years ago as the most decorated female player in history. Now she’s finishing med school and helping coach the Leafs

The great pot shop lottery shemozzle

The great pot shop lottery shemozzle

How Premier Ford bungled the legalization of retail cannabis

Inside the Latest Issue

The June issue of Toronto Life features the best new restaurants of 2026. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

Q&A: Bianca Andreescu, Toronto's newest tennis phenom

Q&A: Bianca Andreescu, Toronto’s newest tennis phenom

She beat Venus, she topped Eugenie. What's next?

Who’s getting rich off reefer

Who’s getting rich off reefer

Legalization is turning Toronto into the weed capital of the world. A look at the new gold rush

Inside a secret supper club that serves THC-laced cuisine

Inside a secret supper club that serves THC-laced cuisine

We sent our restaurant critic out to review a true pot-luck dinner

The pot pilgrims

The pot pilgrims

Five newcomers who packed up their lives and moved to Toronto,  all for the chance to work in weed

Professors of pot

Professors of pot

Four post-secondary institutions that have cannabis  on the curriculum

The pot whisperers

The pot whisperers

The favourite strains of the horticulturally gifted growers at the city’s top cannabis companies

The skinny on cannabis-infused cosmetics

The skinny on cannabis-infused cosmetics

We put these four products to the test

Buzzfood: cooking with cannabis

Buzzfood: cooking with cannabis

For those who want  to cause and cure the munchies in one fell swoop

What the big cannabis CEOs know that you don't

What the big cannabis CEOs know that you don’t

We quizzed them on their favourite strains, weed slang and what they eat when they have the munchies

Joint ventures

Joint ventures

Five hot new Toronto canna-companies

Who you gonna call? These pot professionals have kushy jobs

Who you gonna call? These pot professionals have kushy jobs

The accountants, lawyers and ad agencies carving out a niche in the buzz biz

Torontonians who are shaking up the tech sector

Torontonians who are shaking up the tech sector

Regan McGee founded Nobul, an online real estate marketplace that helps home buyers and sellers find quality agents

“A toke is my equivalent to a glass of wine at night”: How a producer and part-time DJ spends his money

“A toke is my equivalent to a glass of wine at night”: How a producer and part-time DJ spends his money

He saves on rent by living with a roommate

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I deal with my perpetually late friend?

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I deal with my perpetually late friend?

“Her front window looks directly into her living room, and when it gets dark, it’s pretty easy to see whatever she’s watching on TV.”

What Toronto soccer fans are saying about Sebastian Giovinco's exit

What Toronto soccer fans are saying about Sebastian Giovinco’s exit

Toronto's biggest soccer star is in Saudi Arabia now

10 reasons why Vantage Venues Is one of the best wedding venues in Toronto

10 reasons why Vantage Venues Is one of the best wedding venues in Toronto

For Toronto couples, a venue that showcases the best the city has to offer is a top priority when it comes to choosing a place to...

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Q&A: Soulpepper artistic director Weyni Mengesha on life after Schultz

Q&A: Soulpepper artistic director Weyni Mengesha on life after Schultz

And how to save a theatre company from its scandal-plagued past

The downside of up

The downside of up

Chronic homelessness as the devastating flipside of prosperity

Rents are high, shelters are full and 8,700 Torontonians are homeless

Rents are high, shelters are full and 8,700 Torontonians are homeless

An investigation into an urban crisis

Cost of Living

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

“I love a good bargain, so I shop at No Frills”

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“Groceries are our biggest monthly expense after rent”

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

Manpreet Badyal moved from Delhi to Vancouver to Toronto in search of success

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

Business analyst and budding TikTok investment guru Chaeeun Lee hopes to visit 50 countries before she turns 30

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“Investing in mental health is important. I have an unlimited membership at Othership in Yorkville”

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

“It was hard to accept financial aid from my parents, but it actually brought us closer together”

How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a six-figure salary

How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a six-figure salary

“My family taught me to invest. It’s probably the wisest advice they’ve ever given me”

Urban Diplomat

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat , What’s the etiquette for EV charging? A few weeks ago, I finally found a spot in my neighbourhood to juice...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I'm a hoarder, but I'm a collector

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I’m a hoarder, but I’m a collector

He’s started quoting Marie Kondo and insisting that I get rid of my “emotional support tchotchkes.” How can I get him to back off?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

They’ve asked us not to shower after 11 p.m. because of “pipe whistling.” Is this normal?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

I can’t help being embarrassed every time I sheepishly walk past the eye rollers in the regular queue

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

He’s preaching the virtues of sobriety on TikTok but still crushing six-packs every weekend, and the hypocrisy is getting on my nerves. Should I call him out?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

I actually don’t mind the return-to-office mandate, but it seems like so much working from home has caused my fellow employees’ self-awareness to atrophy

Dear Urban Diplomat: My friends are getting into sober raves, and I just can't see the appeal

Dear Urban Diplomat: My friends are getting into sober raves, and I just can’t see the appeal

How does one cut loose in a well-lit room while the sun is shining and no one is even a little intoxicated?